Atagema osseosa
| Atagema osseosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Atagema |
| Species: | A. osseosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Atagema osseosa (Kelaart, 1859) | |
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Atagema osseosa is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[1]
Distribution
This species is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.
Description
This nudibranch has evolved to mimic closely in appearance the sandy-coloured sponge on which it both lives and feeds off.[1]
Ecology
Like many nudibranchs, this species feeds on sponges.
References
- 1 2 Kelaart, E.F. (1858). Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Columbo, 3(1): 84-139. Accessed through:Sea Slug Forum at http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/triposse on 2012-02-29
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